Manchester Buddhist Centre

How we run the Buddhist Centre

The Buddhist Centre is a char­ity and we rely on the sup­port of people who use the building

For more inform­a­tion about the char­ity please see the Manchester Buddhist Centre entry on the Char­ity Com­mis­sion website

Mis­sion Statement

The advance­ment of the Buddhist reli­gion, in particular:

1. (i) To encour­age mem­bers and oth­ers to live in accord­ance with the teach­ings of the Buddha
2. (ii) To sup­port ordained mem­bers of the Tri­r­atna Buddhist Order and other duly ordained Buddhists at the dis­cre­tion of the Coun­cil of Manchester Buddhist Centre
3. (iii) To main­tain close com­mu­nic­a­tion with, and work under the guid­ance of, the Tri­r­atna Buddhist Order and in co-operation with other groups with the same objects
4. (iv) To use applic­a­tions of the Buddha’s teach­ing to pro­mote the health and well-being of all

Part of the Tri­r­atna Buddhist Community

Manchester Buddhist Centre is part of the Tri­r­atna Buddhist Com­munity, formerly the Friends of the West­ern Buddhist Order or FWBO.

Each Buddhist Centre in the Tri­r­atna Buddhist Com­munity is fin­an­cially and leg­ally independent.

Giv­ing

We sur­vive on dona­tions and con­tri­bu­tions. We have a large group of volun­teers who sup­port us by work­ing in a vari­ety of ways.